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Student guide chapter 4: Bridging The Gap

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Chapter 4 explores the concept of closure between panels that was proposed by Scott McCloud in his seminal book, Understanding Comics. In this section you’ll find student examples of the homework and a link to McCloud’s explanation of his comics game, 5 Card Nancy.

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Comic jumble

Closure comics

The goal of this assignment is to practice using the different panel transitions discussed in the chapter. It is, of course, also a chance to work on visual storytelling in general. Click on the links below to see examples of the homework by students with some comments from Matt and Jessica.

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